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Item 1. Business

2021-03-16 compared with 2020-03-20 · 142 added, 73 removed, 127 unchanged (63% of the section changed)

We are a leading operator of discount variety stores.

We believe the convenience and value we offer are key factors in growing our base of loyal customers.

At February 1, 2020 , we operated 15,288 discount variety retail stores.

Our stores operate under the names of Dollar Tree, Family Dollar and Dollar Tree Canada.

On July 6, 2015, we completed our acquisition of Family Dollar Stores, Inc.

The Dollar Tree and Family Dollar brands have complementary business models.

Everything is $1.00 at Dollar Tree stores while Family Dollar is a neighborhood variety store offering merchandise largely for $10.00 or less.

We believe the convenience and value we offer are key factors in serving and growing our base of loyal customers.

At January 30, 2021, we operated 15,685 discount variety retail stores.

Our stores operate under the brand names of Dollar Tree, Family Dollar and Dollar Tree Canada.

We operate in two reporting business segments:

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Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations ” under the caption “Segment Information” and Note 12 to our consolidated financial statements.

Our Dollar Tree segment is the leading operator of discount variety stores offering merchandise at the fixed price point of $1.00.

Impact of COVID-19

Beginning in fiscal 2020, our business was affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

As an essential business, our stores and distribution centers have remained open during the pandemic;

however, our business trends and operations have been impacted in various ways.

For example, we have experienced fewer customer visits and higher average ticket and the mix and profit margin of products purchased by our customers has differed from historical patterns.

We have seen a shift in our customers’ purchases towards higher-margin discretionary products.

We have also experienced changes in when our customers are shopping relative to the dates of seasonal holidays with spending occurring further in advance of the holidays than in previous years.

The future impact of COVID-19 on our customers is difficult to predict as the course of the pandemic, the effectiveness of health measures, and the impact of ongoing economic stabilization efforts is uncertain and government assistance payments may not provide enough funding to support current spending levels.

The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (“Rescue Act”), which was enacted on March 11, 2021, provides U.S.

government funding to address the continuing impact of COVID-19 on the economy, public health, individuals and businesses.

Among other things, the Rescue Act provides for $1,400 direct payments to individuals, continues supplemental unemployment benefits until September 2021, extends a prior increase in food stamp benefits, expands the child tax credit and earned income tax credit, provides for rent and utility assistance, and funds COVID-19 vaccinations, testing, treatment and prevention.

An increase in the federal minimum wage was not included in the Rescue Act as enacted.

During fiscal 2020, we paid wage premiums to our store and distribution center associates as well as “Thank You” bonuses to our store managers in recognition of their extraordinary efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic, which increased our costs.

We currently do not anticipate paying these types of premiums and bonuses in fiscal 2021.

As a result of COVID-19, our supply chain has been strained and our suppliers have faced challenges in keeping up with the unprecedented demand for essential goods, as well as discretionary goods.

Recently, the ocean-shipping industry has faced capacity issues resulting in higher costs and delays in the shipment of products from Asia.

We continue to make operational changes in an attempt to minimize the impact of these challenges on our business;

however, we do not know how long these disruptions will continue.

For additional information regarding the impact of COVID-19 on our business, refer to the discussion in this Item 1.

below and “ Item 7.

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations .”

Our Dollar Tree segment is the leading operator of discount variety stores offering merchandise predominantly at the fixed price point of $1.00.

The Dollar Tree segment includes 7,805 stores operating under the Dollar Tree and Dollar Tree Canada brands, 15 distribution centers in the United States and two in Canada.

Our stores predominantly range from 8,000 - 10,000 selling square feet.

In our Dollar Tree stores in the United States, we sell all items for $1.00 or less and in our Dollar Tree Canada stores, we sell all items for $1.25(CAD) or less.

In our Dollar Tree stores in the United States, we sell items primarily for $1.00 or less and in our Dollar Tree Canada stores, we sell items principally for $1.25(CAD) or less.

Our revenue and assets in Canada are not material.

We are the owners of several trademarks including “Dollar Tree” and the “Dollar Tree” logo.

We strive to exceed our customers’ expectations of the variety and quality of products they can purchase for $1.00 by offering items we believe typically sell for higher prices elsewhere.

We buy approximately 60% to 62% of our merchandise domestically and import the remaining 38% to 40%.

Our domestic purchases include basic, seasonal, home, closeouts and promotional merchandise.

Our domestic purchases include basic, home, closeouts and promotional merchandise.

We believe our mix of imported and domestic merchandise affords our buyers flexibility that allows them to consistently exceed our customers’ expectations.

In addition, direct relationships with manufacturers permit us to select from a broad range of products and customize packaging, product sizes and package quantities that meet our customers’ needs.

The addition of frozen and refrigerated merchandise to more of our Dollar Tree stores has been one of our ongoing initiatives.

We added freezers and coolers to approximately 490 additional stores in fiscal 2019.

As of February 1, 2020 , we have freezers and coolers in approximately 6,155 of our Dollar Tree stores.

We plan to install them in 425 new and existing stores during fiscal 2020.

In fiscal 2018, we rolled out a new layout to a number of our Dollar Tree stores, which we call our Snack Zone.

This layout highlights our immediate consumption snack offerings in the front of the store near the checkout areas.

As of February 1, 2020 , we have Snack Zone in more than 2,100 Dollar Tree stores and we plan to incorporate Snack Zone in 500 new and existing stores in fiscal 2020.

We believe these initiatives have and will continue to enable us to improve sales and earnings by increasing the number of shopping trips made by our customers.

We believe that our initiatives positively affect our comparable store net sales.

In fiscal 2019, we introduced our Crafter’s Square initiative in more than 650 stores.

This offering includes a new expanded assortment of arts and crafts supplies.

During fiscal 2020, we expanded this program, completing the roll-out to all of our Dollar Tree stores.

The Crafter’s Square assortment carries mark-ups which are higher than our average mark-up.

Additionally, for more than a year, we have tested a multi-price initiative referred to as Dollar Tree Plus!

Beginning in fiscal 2019, we began testing multi-price assortments in more than 100 stores in southwestern markets.

Based on learnings from the test, we made modifications to:

the mix of products offered to include primarily discretionary items;

the displays and signage to drive awareness and excitement to the stores;

the price points to focus on the $1, $3 and $5 price points;

and increase the number of offerings above the $1 price point.

We plan to expand this initiative into a total of 500 stores beginning in the first quarter of fiscal 2021.

We believe these initiatives have and will continue to enable us to increase sales and earnings.

We carry approximately 7,500 items in our Dollar Tree stores and as of the end of fiscal 2020 approximately 34% of our items are automatically replenished.

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The merchandise mix in our Dollar Tree stores consists of:

• consumable merchandise, which includes candy and food, health and beauty care, and everyday consumables such as

household paper and chemicals, and in select stores, frozen and refrigerated food;

variety merchandise, which includes toys, durable housewares, gifts, stationery, party goods, greeting cards, softlines, and other items;

• seasonal goods, which includes, among others, Valentine’s Day, Easter, Halloween and Christmas merchandise.

• consumable merchandise, which includes everyday consumables such as household paper and chemicals, food, candy, health and personal care products, and in many stores, frozen and refrigerated food;

• variety merchandise, which includes toys, durable housewares, gifts, stationery, party goods, greeting cards, softlines, arts and crafts supplies and other items;

• seasonal goods, which include, among others, Christmas, Easter, Halloween and Valentine’s Day merchandise.

For information regarding the amounts and percentages of our net sales contributed by the above merchandise categories for the last three fiscal years, please refer to Note 12 to our consolidated financial statements.

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The Family Dollar segment consists of our store operations under the Family Dollar brand and 11 distribution centers.

We are the owners of the trademarks “Family Dollar,” “Family Dollar Stores” and other names and designs of certain merchandise sold in Family Dollar stores.

Our Family Dollar stores provide customers with a quality, high-value assortment of basic necessities and seasonal merchandise.

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We are executing several initiatives in our Family Dollar stores to increase sales.

After continued development, experimentation and testing, in the third quarter of fiscal 2018 we introduced a new model for both new and renovated Family Dollar stores known as H2.

The H2 store format has significantly improved merchandise offerings, including approximately 20 Dollar Tree $1.00 merchandise sections and establishing a minimum number of freezer and cooler doors, throughout the store.

The stores with the H2 format have increased traffic and provided an average comparable store net sales lift in excess of 10% in the first year following renovation.

The H2 format performs well in a variety of locations and especially in locations where Family Dollar has been most challenged in the past.

We started fiscal 2019 with approximately 200 H2 stores and ended fiscal 2019 with approximately 1,535 H2 stores.

During 2020, we entered into a partnership with Instacart to enable our customers to shop online and receive merchandise without having to visit a store.

During 2019, we introduced a new model for both new and renovated Family Dollar stores internally known as H2.

This H2 model has significantly improved merchandise offerings, including approximately 20 Dollar Tree $1.00 merchandise sections and establishing a minimum number of freezer and cooler doors, throughout the store.

H2 stores have higher customer traffic and provide an average comparable store net sales lift in excess of 10%, when compared to non-renovated stores, in the first year following renovation.

H2 stores perform well in a variety of locations and especially in locations where our Family Dollar stores have been most challenged in the past.

As of January 30, 2021, we have approximately 2,385 H2 stores.

We plan to renovate at least 1,250 stores to this format in fiscal 2021 and also plan to build new stores in this format.

Building on the success of the H2 format, we have developed a Combination Store which leverages both the Dollar Tree and Family Dollar brands to serve small towns across the country.

We are combining Family Dollar’s great value and assortment with Dollar Tree’s “thrill of the hunt” and fixed price point, creating a new strategic store format targeted for small towns and rural communities with populations of 3,000 to 4,000 residents.

While the number of items in a given store can vary based on the store’s size, geographic location, merchandising initiatives and other factors, our typical Family Dollar store generally carries approximately 7,600 basic items alongside items that are ever-changing and seasonally-relevant throughout the year.

The merchandise mix in our Family Dollar stores consists of:

• consumable merchandise, which includes food and beverages, tobacco, health and beauty aids, household chemicals,

paper products, hardware and automotive supplies, diapers, batteries, and pet food and supplies;

• home products, which includes housewares, home décor, giftware, and domestics, including comforters, sheets and

• consumable merchandise, which includes food and beverages, tobacco, health and personal care products, household chemicals, paper products, hardware and automotive supplies, diapers, batteries, and pet food and supplies;

• home products, which include housewares, home décor, giftware, and domestics, including comforters, sheets and towels;

• apparel and accessories merchandise, which includes clothing, fashion accessories and shoes;

• seasonal and electronics merchandise, which includes Valentine’s Day, Easter, Halloween and Christmas merchandise,

personal electronics, including pre-paid cellular phones and services, stationery and school supplies, and toys.

• seasonal and electronics merchandise, which includes Christmas, Easter, Halloween and Valentine’s Day merchandise, personal electronics, including pre-paid cellular phones and services, stationery and school supplies, and toys.

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Continue to execute our proven and best‑in‑class retail business strategy.

We will continue to execute our proven strategies that have generated a history of success and continued growth for the Company.

We will continue to execute our proven strategies that have generated a history of success and continued growth for us.

Key elements of our strategy include:

• aiming continuously to “Wow” the customer with a compelling, fun and fresh merchandise assortment comprising a

variety of the things you want and things you need, all at incredible values in bright, clean and friendly stores;

• maintaining a flexible sourcing merchandise model that allows a variety of products to be sold as long as desired

merchandise margin thresholds are met;

• aiming continuously to “Wow” the customer with a compelling, fun and fresh merchandise assortment comprising a variety of the things you want and things you need, all at incredible values in bright, clean and friendly stores;

• maintaining a flexible sourcing merchandise model that allows a variety of products to be sold as long as desired merchandise margin thresholds are met;

• growing and improving both the Dollar Tree and Family Dollar brands;

• pursuing a “more, better, faster” approach to the roll-out of new Dollar Tree and Family Dollar stores to broaden our

geographic footprint;

• pursuing a “more, better, faster” approach to the roll-out of new Dollar Tree and Family Dollar stores to broaden our geographic footprint;

• maintaining customer relevance by ensuring that we reinvent ourselves constantly through new merchandise categories and initiatives;

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We will utilize the reach and scale of our combined company to serve a broader range of customers in more ways, offering better prices and more value for the customer.

At Dollar Tree, everything is $1.00, offering the customer a balanced mix of things they need and things they want.

At Dollar Tree, everything is predominantly $1.00, offering the customer a balanced mix of things they need and things they want.

Our shopping experience will remain fun and friendly as we exceed our customers’ expectations for what they can buy for $1.00.

We are currently testing a concept known as Dollar Tree Plus!

in a small group of stores.

As noted previously, we plan to expand our Dollar Tree Plus!

initiative into a total of 500 stores beginning in the first quarter of fiscal 2021.

Merchandise in these stores includes select items which retail for more than $1.00 but not more than $5.00 and maintain our customers’ expectations of extreme value.

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Family Dollar primarily serves a lower than average income customer in urban and rural locations.

We will benefit from an expanded target customer profile and utilize the store concepts of both Dollar Tree and Family Dollar to serve a broader range of customer demographics to drive further improvements in sales and profitability.

We expect to benefit from an expanded target customer profile and utilize the store concepts of both Dollar Tree and Family Dollar to serve a broader range of customer demographics to drive further improvements in sales and profitability.

Take advantage of significant white-space opportunity.

Over the past decade we have built a solid and scalable infrastructure, which provides a strong foundation for our future growth.

We are committed to growing our combined business to take advantage of significant white space opportunities that we believe exist for both the Dollar Tree and Family Dollar store concepts.

We are committed to growing our combined business to take advantage of significant market or white space opportunities that we believe exist for both the Dollar Tree and Family Dollar store concepts.

Using our proven real estate strategy across our combined business, we intend to drive future store openings by capitalizing on data‑driven insights regarding location, target customer profile, competitive dynamics and cost structure.

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We open new Family Dollar stores in strip shopping centers, freestanding buildings and downtown buildings.

The range of our new store sizes, 8,000 - 10,000 selling square feet for Dollar Tree and 7,000 - 9,000 selling square feet for Family Dollar, allows us to target a particular location with a store that best suits that market and takes advantage of available real estate opportunities.

The range of our new store sizes, 8,000 - 10,000 selling square feet for Dollar Tree and 7,000 - 10,000 selling square feet

for Family Dollar, allows us to target a particular location with a store that best suits that market and takes advantage of available real estate opportunities.

Our stores are attractively designed and create an inviting atmosphere for shoppers by using bright lighting, vibrant colors and decorative signs.

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We maintain a disciplined, cost-sensitive approach to store site selection in order to minimize the initial capital investment required and maximize our potential to generate high operating margins and strong cash flows.

We believe that our stores have a relatively small shopping radius, which allows us to profitably concentrate multiple stores within a single market.

We believe that our Dollar Tree stores and our urban Family Dollar stores have a relatively small shopping radius, which allows us to profitably concentrate multiple stores within a single market.

In addition, our rural Family Dollar stores have a larger shopping radius, allowing us to profitably locate in these areas because of our ability to reach customers who live farther from our stores.

Our ability to open new stores is dependent upon, among other factors, locating suitable sites and negotiating favorable lease terms.

The strong cash flows generated by our stores allow us to self-fund infrastructure investment and new stores.

Over the past five years, cash flows from operating activities have exceeded capital expenditures.

Typically, our cash flows from operating activities exceed our capital expenditures.

For more information on our results of operations, see “ Item 7.

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations .”

Cost Control .

Merchandising Cost Control .

We believe that our substantial buying power and our flexibility in making sourcing decisions contributes to our successful purchasing strategy, which includes targeted merchandise margin goals by category.

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We buy products on an order-by-order basis and have no material long-term purchase contracts or other assurances of continued product supply or guaranteed product cost.

No vendor accounted for more than 10% of total merchandise purchased by us in any of the past five years.

Historically, no vendor has accounted for more than 10% of total merchandise purchased by us.

Our supply chain systems continue to provide us with valuable sales information to assist our buyers and improve merchandise allocation to our stores.

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Our distribution centers are operated based on objective measures of performance and virtually everyone in our store support centers is available to assist associates in our stores and distribution centers.

During 2020, we launched an enterprise Executive Diversity Council comprised of diverse leaders from every department within the company who are charged with creating a diversity, equity and inclusion (“DEI”) strategy which is linked with our business goals, catalyzing cultural change throughout the organization and driving accountability at the senior management level for progress on key DEI objectives.

Our disclosure committee meets at least quarterly and monitors our internal controls over financial reporting to ensure that our public filings contain discussions about the potential risks our business faces.

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Growth Strategy

Store Openings and Square Footage Growth.

The primary factors contributing to our net sales growth have been new store openings, an active store expansion and remodel program, and selective mergers and acquisitions.

Store Openings, Relocations and Square Footage Growth.

The primary factors contributing to our net sales growth have been new store openings and an active store relocation, expansion and remodel program.

In the last five years, net sales increased at a compound annual growth rate of 5.3%.

During this time, our store count and approximate selling square footage increased from 13,851 and 108.4 million square feet at January 30, 2016 to 15,288 and 121.3 million square feet at February 1, 2020.

During this time, our store count and approximate selling square footage increased from

13,851 and 108.4 million square feet at January 30, 2016 to 15,685 and 125.1 million square feet at January 30, 2021.

We expect that the majority of our future sales growth will come from new store openings in our Dollar Tree and Family Dollar segments and our store expansion and relocation program as well as our renovation initiatives.

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We believe these store sizes allow us to achieve our objectives in the markets in which we plan to expand.

In addition to new store openings, we plan to continue our Dollar Tree store expansion program to increase our net sales per store and take advantage of market opportunities.

In addition to new store openings, we plan to continue our Dollar Tree and Family Dollar store relocation and expansion program to increase our net sales per store and take advantage of market opportunities.

We target stores for expansion based on the current sales per selling square foot and changes in market opportunities.

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Store expansions generally increase the existing store size by approximately 2,500 selling square feet.

At February 1, 2020 , 6,276 of our Dollar Tree stores, totaling approximately 88% of our Dollar Tree segment selling square footage, were 7,000 selling square feet or larger.

At January 30, 2021, 6,591 of our Dollar Tree stores, totaling approximately 88% of our Dollar Tree segment selling square footage, were 7,000 selling square feet or larger.

Since 1995, we have added a total of 695 stores through several mergers and acquisitions, excluding our acquisition of Family Dollar.

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We evaluate potential acquisition opportunities as they become available.

On July 6, 2015, we completed our acquisition of Family Dollar which allowed us to create a diversified company with complementary business models.

In 2015, we completed our acquisition of Family Dollar which allowed us to create a diversified company with complementary business models.

From time to time, we also acquire the rights to store leases through bankruptcy or other proceedings.

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We believe our approach to visual merchandising results in higher sales volume and an environment that encourages impulse purchases.

We leverage our merchandising team to source products that can be sold in both Dollar Tree and Family Dollar stores.

Our Family Dollar H2 stores include $1.00 sections of Dollar Tree merchandise and our Dollar Tree Plus!

stores sell items at the $1.00, $3.00 and $5.00 price points.

A strong and efficient distribution network is critical to our ability to grow and to maintain a low-cost operating structure.

In fiscal 2019, we began construction of a new 1.2 million square foot distribution center in Rosenberg, Texas which is expected to be operational by the summer of 2020.

Additionally, in fiscal 2019, we completed construction of our Morrow County, Ohio distribution center, which is 1.2 million square feet and automated, and currently serves stores in our Dollar Tree segment.

In fiscal 2019, we announced plans to construct a new high velocity distribution center in Ocala, Florida that will provide service directly to Dollar Tree and Family Dollar stores throughout Florida and parts of the Southeast and will be built in two phases eventually comprising a 1.7 million square foot facility.

George, Utah distribution center services both Family Dollar and Dollar Tree stores.

In addition, to support the H2 initiative we ship select product from our Dollar Tree distribution centers to our Family Dollar distribution centers and in fiscal 2019, we began to ship select product from our Dollar Tree distribution centers directly to certain of our Family Dollar stores.

We believe our distribution center network is currently capable of supporting approximately $29.5 billion in annual sales in the United States.

In fiscal 2020, we completed construction of our Rosenberg, Texas automated distribution center, which is 1.2 million square feet and currently serves stores in our Dollar Tree segment.

Additionally, in fiscal 2020, we completed construction of a 0.5 million square foot distribution center in Ocala, Florida and we began shipping product from this facility during the third quarter of fiscal 2020.

We expect to complete an expansion of the Ocala, Florida distribution center in 2023.

New distribution sites are strategically located to reduce stem miles, maintain flexibility and improve efficiency in our store service areas.

We also are a party to an agreement which provides distribution services from two facilities in Canada.

We currently operate 26 distribution centers in the United States, 15 of which are primarily dedicated to serving our Dollar Tree stores and 11 distribution centers primarily serve our Family Dollar stores.

George, Utah distribution center, which is a legacy Family Dollar facility, services both Dollar Tree and Family Dollar stores and we expect future distribution centers to be built with the capability to service both Dollar Tree and Family Dollar stores.

Our distribution network supports multiple store formats including H2, Combination Stores and Dollar Tree Plus!

We ship to our H2 format stores from our Family Dollar distribution centers and we ship to our Dollar Tree Plus!

format stores from our Dollar Tree distribution centers.

We ship to our Combination Stores from both Dollar Tree and Family Dollar distribution centers.

We believe our distribution center network is currently capable of supporting approximately $30.2 billion in annual sales in the United States.

We also are party to an agreement which provides distribution services from two facilities in Canada.

Our Dollar Tree stores receive approximately 90% of their inventory from our distribution centers via contract carriers and our Family Dollar stores receive approximately 74% of their inventory from our distribution centers.

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Our segment of the retail industry is fragmented and highly competitive and we expect competition to increase in the future.

We operate in the discount retail sector, which is currently and is expected to continue to be highly competitive with respect to price, store location, merchandise quality, assortment and presentation and customer service.

Our competitors include single-price dollar stores, multi-price dollar stores, mass merchandisers, on-line retailers, discount retailers, drug stores, convenience stores, independently-operated discount stores and a wide variety of other retailers.

In addition, several competitors have sections within their stores devoted to “one dollar” price point merchandise, which further increases competition.

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There are no significant economic barriers for others to enter our retail sector.

We are the owners of several federal service mark registrations including “Dollar Tree,” the “Dollar Tree” logo, and the Dollar Tree logo with a “1.” In addition, we own a registration for “Dollar Bill$.” We also acquired the rights to use trade names previously owned by Everything’s A Dollar, a former competitor in the $1.00 price point industry.

Several trade names were included in the purchase, including the mark “Everything’s $1.00.” We also own the logo mark for “Everything’s $1.” With the acquisition of Dollar Giant, we became the owner of several trademarks in Canada.

With the acquisition of Family Dollar, we became the owners of the trademarks “Family Dollar,” “Family Dollar Stores” and other names and designs of certain merchandise sold in Family Dollar stores.

We have federal trademark registrations for a number and variety of private labels that we use to market many of our product lines.

Our trademark registrations have various expiration dates;

however, assuming that the trademark registrations are properly maintained and renewed, they have a perpetual duration.

We employed approximately 56,900 full-time and 136,200 part-time associates on February 1, 2020 .

Part-time associates work an average of less than 30 hours per week.

The number of part-time associates fluctuates depending on seasonal needs.

We consider our relationship with our associates to be good, and we have not experienced significant interruptions of operations due to labor disagreements.

Government Regulation

We are subject to a wide variety of local, state and federal laws and regulations within the United States and Canada.

Compliance with these laws and regulations often requires the dedication of our associates’ time and attention, as well as financial resources.

In fiscal 2020, compliance with these laws and regulations did not have a material effect on our capital expenditures, earnings or competitive position.

Human Capital Resources

Our business success is built upon our dedicated, passionate and diverse associates who work and live in the communities we serve.

Our associates share our corporate values, “Attitude, Judgment, and Commitment.” We recruit and hire in these communities using local job fairs, social media as well as local community service partners to provide part-time and full-time jobs that can become lasting careers.

Our Human Resources team, with oversight from our Board of Directors and their Committees, develops and executes programs for compensation and benefits, onboarding and training, professional development, performance management, retention and succession planning.

We strive to create and maintain a safe working environment for our associates.

We consider our relationship with our associates to be good, and have not experienced significant interruptions of operations due to labor disagreements.

We greatly value our people and invest in their personal well-being and professional growth through various human capital programs and initiatives, including the following:

• Compensation and benefits:

We are committed to providing market-competitive pay for all positions and we are a pay-for-performance organization, offering performance-based compensation opportunities at nearly all levels of the organization, including hourly-paid positions.

We strive to ensure gender and racial pay equity for employees performing equal or substantially similar work.

Full-time associates can participate in our Retirement Savings Plan, which provides a dollar for dollar match on the first 5% of employee contributions and all associates can participate in our Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

All full-time and part-time associates are eligible for competitive health and welfare benefits, including medical, dental, vision, disability, life insurance and other benefits.

• Health, wellness and family resources:

In addition to making health and welfare benefits available to our associates, we also support our associates and members of their household through our Employee Assistance Program, which includes financial and legal services, as well as expert counsel in areas such as parenting, family issues and resilience skills.

We offer primary caregiver and parental leave to support our associates while they are starting or growing their families and we have a program that provides financial support to associates recovering from natural disasters and personal hardships.

To support our associates with high school-aged children, we recently launched a scholarship program to provide access to financial support in their pursuit of higher education.

• Talent development:

We believe in the growth and development of our associates and provide a multitude of professional and leadership development experiences, including online and instructor-led trainings that enable associates to consume relevant learning content for their current role and future career growth.

To remove barriers to education, we recently launched an education assistance program that provides tuition reimbursement, as well as discounted tuition at over 200 colleges and universities for our associates and their families.

Our associates also receive personalized coaching and advisement on degree programs that meet their needs.

Retention of our associates is a focus for all leaders and we continue to strive to improve our turnover rate.

We monitor associate turnover as we know our success depends on retaining and engaging talent in all areas of the business.

To identify high-potential talent, leadership assesses talent at the store manager level and above on a regular basis through structured talent reviews and succession planning paired with customized development plans.

This focus on talent has resulted in more than 35,600 promotions in 2020.

• Diversity, equity and inclusion:

We believe our associates should mirror our diverse customer base and the communities we serve.

In 2020, we launched an enterprise Executive Diversity Council comprised of diverse leaders from every department within the company who are charged with creating a DEI strategy which is linked with our business goals, catalyzing cultural change throughout the organization and driving accountability at the senior management level for

progress on key DEI objectives.

As of January 30, 2021, we employed more than 199,300 associates, as follows:

Store and Distribution Center Associates

Dollar Tree Family Dollar Store Support Center Associates Total

Full-time Associates 27,952 29,862 2,403 60,217

Part-time Associates 97,913 41,184 13 139,110

Total 125,865 71,046 2,416 199,327

Part-time associates work an average of less than 30 hours per week and the number of part-time associates fluctuates depending on seasonal needs.

COVID-19 Response.

We implemented several changes to protect our associates and our customers in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and to ensure adherence to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommendations.

We provided personal protective equipment including masks, gloves and sanitizers for our store and distribution center associates, installed plexiglass sneeze guards at all store registers and enabled the majority of our store support center teams to work remotely.

We provided wage premiums for store and distribution center hourly associates, provided minimum guaranteed sales bonuses for store managers and pay continuation for associates who tested positive for COVID-19.

For additional information on the steps taken to support our associates in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, refer to “ Item 7.

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations .”

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Item 1. Business